Bakal weather in December

In December, Bakal sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -15°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -7°C in the first days to -10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of December to 7 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bakal's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bakal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-15°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 54 min
9:32 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bakal is human settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
435/km²
people per km²
Founded
1757

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -7°C in the first days to -10°C by the end.

A typical December day in Bakal reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -17°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Bakal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bakal weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -16°237.510.37.60.0
Feb-8° / -16°206.58.89.30.0
Mar-1° / -10°338.510.211.40.0
Apr / -1°418.85.313.81.4
May16° / 6612.61.115.84.7
Jun20° / 10°8614.60.1175.6
Jul22° / 12°10714.5016.55.9
Aug20° / 10°9114.8014.75.5
Sep14° / 7513.31.512.53.5
Oct / -1°6913.97.810.20.7
Nov-3° / -9°4111.112.18.10.0
Dec-8° / -15°298.311.870.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Bakal gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22940
32839
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302737
312736

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of December to 7 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 9:15 AM to 9:38 AM, and sunset from 4:35 PM to 4:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.39:154:35
27.39:164:34
37.39:184:33
47.29:194:32
57.29:204:32
67.29:224:31
77.19:234:31
87.19:244:30
97.19:254:30
107.19:274:30
117.09:284:30
127.09:294:29
137.09:304:29
147.09:314:29
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206.99:354:30
216.99:364:31
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236.99:374:32
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256.99:384:33
266.99:384:33
276.99:384:34
286.99:384:35
297.09:384:36
307.09:384:37
317.09:384:38

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.49 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bakal

In seasonPeak

None of Bakal's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bakal's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Bakal?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bakal.

What to pack for Bakal in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Bakal sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -15°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bakal in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bakal peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bakal?

Bakal sits at 54.9°N, 58.8°E, 597 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Satka, 19 km away.

Topography around Bakal

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bakal.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bakal has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m around an average of 657 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 918 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,470 m.

The land around Bakal is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
443 m
16 km
918 m
80 km
1,470 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Satka 19 km · Trëkhgornyy 27 km · Ust’-Katav 40 km · Katav-Ivanovsk 44 km · Zlatoust 60 km · Kusa 60 km · Sim 71 km · Uchaly 76 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bakal (54.9417°, 58.8083°, elevation 597 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).